Jacob Tennessen

Research Scientist

Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Biography

Susceptibility of BS90 Biomphalaria glabrata snails to infection by SmLE Schistosoma mansoni segregates as a dominant allele in a cluster of polymorphic genes for single-pass transmembrane proteins.

Blouin MS, Bollmann SR, Le Clec'h W, Chevalier FD, Anderson TJC, Tennessen JA. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2024
Population genomic evidence of a putative 'far-west' African cryptic taxon in the Anopheles gambiae complex.

Caputo B, De Marco CM, Pichler V, Bottà G, Bennett KL, Amambua-Ngwa A, Assogba SB, Opondo KO, Clarkson CS, Tennessen JA, Weetman D, Miles A, Della Torre A. Commun Biol 2024 Sep 10
Immune targets for schistosomiasis control identified by a genome-wide association study of East African snail vectors.

Pennance T, Tennessen JA, Spaan JM, McQuistan T, Ogara G, Rawago F, Andiego K, Mulonga B, Odhiambo M, Mutuku MW, Mkoji GM, Loker ES, Odiere MR, Steinauer ML. bioRxiv 2024 Sep 02
Genomic Signatures of Microgeographic Adaptation in Anopheles coluzzii Along an Anthropogenic Gradient in Gabon.

Daron J, Bouafou L, Tennessen JA, Rahola N, Makanga B, Akone-Ella O, Ngangue MF, Longo Pendy NM, Paupy C, Neafsey DE, Fontaine MC, Ayala D. bioRxiv 2024 May 21
Comparative chemical genomics in Babesia species identifies the alkaline phosphatase PhoD as a determinant of antiparasitic resistance.

Keroack CD, Elsworth B, Tennessen JA, Paul AS, Hua R, Ramirez-Ramirez L, Ye S, Moreira CK, Meyers MJ, Zarringhalam K, Duraisingh MT. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024 Feb 27

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